Typical Geek

I Knew a Large Part of the Story…

Revisado: 06-05-24

…However, I still learned a tremendous amount. The only book I know that reveals the whole story of Delta, “if they exist.” ;-) Just read it. It’s now in my Top Ten books ever.

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This Is the Best Book on Barbarossa I’ve Ever Read

Revisado: 01-22-22

I’ve read well over one hundred books on WWII starting in sixth grade. My father was in Patton’s 3rd Army so I felt it was a subject I should understand. I didn’t read a book concentrating on the Eastern Front until 2006. Once I did it fascinated me. I’ve read probably ten books on Barbarossa and another twenty books on the ‘Eastern Front..’ The first time I heard that phrase was from ‘Hogan’s Heroes’ around 1966. One question I’ve had is when did some of the German generals start sensing that the war was heading for disaster. I felt the earliest time was in 1942. But this author feels it was August 1941 and lays out a strong case for that time period. Some of the books I’ve read on just Barbarossa glossed over the first few months of the battles of Summer, 1941. This author’s book is just on that time period, into the month of August. While the feeling of impending doom was certainly not homogenous across all the German military, I feel that some generals did see future failure as early as August 1941, especially now that I have read this book. Highly recommend.

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I Was Disaapointed

Revisado: 07-10-21

I had just finished 'Company Commander' (Excellent!) and was looking for another book along this vein...WWII ETO by a combat lower-ranking soldier. I was especially excited because my father was also in Patton's Third Army. But this book is not in-depth at all. It's very superficial. It almost like an executive summary or extremely abridged. This would make a really good book for a first-time reader of the genre but I've been reading these books since 6th grade...1973. The performance was lacking as well. It sounded like it was recorded with a pair of earbuds. And the reader's timbre was off-putting, as well as the speed of the reading accelerated. It's a less than two hour book so I realized some of this from that fact but I was still disappointed.

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